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Year 2016 (January)

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2 January 2016
7.30pm
Benvenuto Cellini

(Weimar version)

Opernhaus, Bonn, Germany
Theater Bonn
Opernchor und Statisterie des Theater Bonn
Beethoven Orchester Bonn
conductor: Stefan Blunier
chorus master: Marco Medved
production and choreography: Laura Scozzi
set design: Barbara de Limburg
costume: Jean Jacques Delmotte
cast –
Benvenuto Cellini: Mirko Roschkowski
Giacomo Balducci: Martin Tzonev
Teresa: Anna Princeva
Fieramosca: Csaba Szegedi
Papst Clemens VII.:Rolf Broman
Bernardino: Daniel Johannes Pannermayr
Innkeeper: Johannes Mertes
Ascanio: Martha Wryk
5 January 2016
8.30pm
Les Nuits d’été


The concert also includes arias, duets and trios from operas by Mozart.


“Natalie Dessay & Friends”
Philharmonie de Paris,  Philharmonie 1, Grande Salle, Paris, France
Orchestra of the Opera Fuoco
conductor: David Stern
Natalie Dessay (soprano)
Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano)
Laurent Naouri (bass-baritone)
8 January 2016
8.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Los Angeles Philharmonic
conductor: Daniel Harding
9 January 2016
5.00pm
Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille
(from l’Enfance du Christ)

Ballet des ombres

Chœur d’Ombres (from Lélio)
Le Corum, Salle Pasteur, Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Chœur de l’Opéra national Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon
Anne Pagès-Boisset (piano)
Valérie Blanvillain (piano)
conductor/chorus master: Noëlle Gény
9 January 2016
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Musikverein, Großer Saal, Vienna, Austria
Grazer Philharmonisches Orchester
conductor: Dirk Kaftan
9 January 2016
8.00pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain Forum am Schlosspark, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen
conductor: Łukasz Borowicz
9 January 2016
8.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Los Angeles Philharmonic
conductor: Daniel Harding
9 January 2016
8.00pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain Forum am Schlosspark, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen
conductor: Łukasz Borowicz
9 January 2016
8.30pm
Works unspecified

(concert also include unspecified works by a number of other composers)

Concert du Nouvel An [New Year Concert]
Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne, Compiègne, France
Orchestre Col’legno
conductor: Alain Rémy
10 January 2016
2.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Los Angeles Philharmonic
conductor: Daniel Harding
10 January 2016
4.30pm
Messe Solennelle Titusville Presbyterian Church, Titusville, New Jersey, USA
Central Jersey Choral Society
conductor: Christopher Loeffle

[No information regarding the orchestra and soloists was available.]
11 January 2016
8.00pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain Stadthalle, Reutlingen, Germany
Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen
conductor: Łukasz Borowicz
12 January 2016
8.00pm
La Damnation de Faust (selection of arias):

– Devant la maison
– Une puce gentille

Grands airs de l’opéra français
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris
conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann
Alexander Vinogradov (bass, Méphistophélès)
12 January 2016
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich, Germany
Münchner Philharmoniker
Valery Gergiev
14 January 2016
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, UK
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Joshua Weilerstein
15 January 2016
7.00pm
Symphonie fantastique NHK Hall, Tokyo, Japan
NHK Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
15 January 2016
10.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Auditorio Nacional de Musica, Madrid, Spain
Münchner Philharmoniker
conductor: Valery Gergiev
16 January 2016
3.00pm
Symphonie fantastique NHK Hall, Tokyo, Japan
NHK Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
16 January 2016
7.30pm
“Romeo und Julia”

ballet performance

performed to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette
Konzert Theater Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Berner Symphonieorchester
Chœur de Chambre de l’Université de Fribourg
conductor: Jesko Sirvend
choreography: Guy Weizman and Roni Haver
Dramaturgy: Rebecca Graitl, Honne Dohrmann, Dr. Christoph Gaiser
costume: Slavna Martinovic
Sophie Rennert (mezzo-soprano)
Andries Cloete (tenor)
Andreas Daum (baritone)
Dancers:
Nozomi Matsuoka, Kalin Morrow, Olive Lopez, Marieke Monquil,
Angela Demattè, Evan Schwarz, Norikazu Aoki , Yu-Min Yang,
Armando Disanto, Winston Ricardo Arnon, Milan Kampfer
Replacement dancers:
Magdalena Laudanska, Rebecca Journo, Ruud Sanders, Marcel Casablanca Martínez
17 January 2016
4.00pm
Symphonie fantastique First Presbyterian Church, Hilton Head Island, USA
Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra
conductor: John Morris Russell
17 January 2016
4.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB)
conductor: Vasily Petrenko 
17 January 2016
4.30pm
Messe Solennelle St. Paul Lutheran Church, East Windsor, New Jersey, USA
Central Jersey Choral Society
conductor: Christopher Loeffle
17 January 2016
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique First Presbyterian Church, Hilton Head Island, USA
Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra
conductor: John Morris Russell
20 January 2016
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique

(Liszt transcription)

Horowitz Piano Series
presented by the Yale School of Music
Morse Recital Hall, Sprague Hall, University of Yale, New Haven, USA
Pierre Reach (piano)
21 January 2016
7.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire University of Poznan, Auditorium, Poznań, Poland
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Marek Pijarowski
21 January 2016
8.00pm
Méditation religieuse Château de Versailles, Chapelle Royale, Paris, France
Chœurs et Orchestre du Concert Spirituel
conductor: Hervé Niquet
21 January 2016
8.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire Philharmonie, G roßer Saal, Berlin, Germany
Berliner Philharmoniker
conductor: Daniel Harding
22 January 2016
7.30pm
Overture Le Corsaire Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Marek Pijarowski
22 January 2016
7.30pm
Roméo et Juliette Barbican Hall, London, UK
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Chorus
conductor: Sir Andrew Davis
Michèle Losier (mezzo-soprano)
Samuel Boden (tenor)
David Soar (bass)
22 January 2016
7.30pm
“Romeo und Julia”

ballet performance

performed to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette
Konzert Theater Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Berner Symphonieorchester
Chœur de Chambre de l’Université de Fribourg
conductor: Jesko Sirvend
choreography: Guy Weizman and Roni Haver
Dramaturgy: Rebecca Graitl, Honne Dohrmann, Dr. Christoph Gaiser
costume: Slavna Martinovic
Sophie Rennert (mezzo-soprano)
Andries Cloete (tenor)
Andreas Daum (baritone)
Dancers:
Nozomi Matsuoka, Kalin Morrow, Olive Lopez, Marieke Monquil,
Angela Demattè, Evan Schwarz, Norikazu Aoki , Yu-Min Yang,
Armando Disanto, Winston Ricardo Arnon, Milan Kampfer
Replacement dancers:
Magdalena Laudanska, Rebecca Journo, Ruud Sanders, Marcel Casablanca Martínez
22 January 2016
8.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire Philharmonie, G roßer Saal, Berlin, Germany
Berliner Philharmoniker
conductor: Daniel Harding
22 January 2016
8.00pm
Méditation religieuse Château de Versailles, Chapelle Royale, Paris, France
Chœurs et Orchestre du Concert Spirituel
conductor: Hervé Niquet
22 January 2016
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique
Lélio



New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Winter Festival 2016
– Sounds of Shakespeare
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, USA
Symphonic Chorus of Manhattan School of Music (director: Kent Tritle)
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Jacques Lacombe
22 January 2016
8.00pm
Marche hongroise
(from La Damnation de Faust)
Musée d’Orsay, in the Allée centrale des sculptures, Paris, France
Orchestre symphonique de la Garde républicaine
conductor: Sébastien Billard
23 January 2016
7.00pm
Overture Le Corsaire Philharmonie, G roßer Saal, Berlin, Germany
Berliner Philharmoniker
conductor: Daniel Harding
23 January 2016
7.30pm
Béatrice et Bénédict

In French, surtitled in German
Luzerner Theater, Luzern, Switzerland
Chor des Luzerner Theaters
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
conductor: Boris Schäfer
director: Béatrice Lachaussée
chorus master: Mark Daver
set design: Werner Hutterli
costumes: Nele Ellegiers
lighting: Mariella von Vequel-Westernach
dramaturgy: Dr. Christian Kipper
Jutta Maria Böhnert: Béatrice
Utku Kuzuluk: Bénédict
Eunkyong Lim:Ursule
Carla Maffioletti: Héro
Todd Boyce: Claudio
Flurin Caduff: Don Pedro
Szymon Chojnacki: Somarone
23 January 2016
8.00pm

Winter Festival Talkback, after the concert, with Berlioz expert Dr. Mark A. Pottinger, chair of the Visual & Performing Arts Department at Manhattan College
Symphonie fantastique
Lélio




New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Winter Festival 2016
– Sounds of Shakespeare
State Theatre, New Brunswick, USA
Symphonic Chorus of Manhattan School of Music (director: Kent Tritle)
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Jacques Lacombe
24 January 2016
3.00pm

Winter Festival Talkback, after the concert, with Berlioz expert Dr. Mark A. Pottinger, chair of the Visual & Performing Arts Department at Manhattan College
Symphonie fantastique
Lélio




New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Winter Festival 2016
– Sounds of Shakespeare
Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown, USA
Symphonic Chorus of Manhattan School of Music (director: Kent Tritle)
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Jacques Lacombe
24 January 2016
5.00pm
Invitation à la valse
(Weber, orch. Berlioz)

Un bal (from Symphonie fantastique)
Le Minotaure, Vendôme, France
Ensemble orchestral du Loir-et-Cher
conductor: Claude Kesmaecker
24 January 2016
6.00pm
“Romeo und Julia”

ballet performance

performed to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette
Konzert Theater Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Berner Symphonieorchester
Chœur de Chambre de l’Université de Fribourg
conductor: Jesko Sirvend
choreography: Guy Weizman and Roni Haver
Dramaturgy: Rebecca Graitl, Honne Dohrmann, Dr. Christoph Gaiser
costume: Slavna Martinovic
Sophie Rennert (mezzo-soprano)
Andries Cloete (tenor)
Andreas Daum (baritone)
Dancers:
Nozomi Matsuoka, Kalin Morrow, Olive Lopez, Marieke Monquil,
Angela Demattè, Evan Schwarz, Norikazu Aoki , Yu-Min Yang,
Armando Disanto, Winston Ricardo Arnon, Milan Kampfer
Replacement dancers:
Magdalena Laudanska, Rebecca Journo, Ruud Sanders, Marcel Casablanca Martínez
27 January, 2016
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Peter Oundjian
28 January 2016
6.30pm
Les Troyens (excerpts)









Royal Academy Opera Scenes
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, RADA Studios, The Studio Theatre, London, UK
Royal Academy Opera
conductor: Peter Robinson
director: Oliver Platt


Singers from Royal Academy Opera work with Design and Technical Theatre students
from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for the first time.
Excerpts from Don Giovanni, Rigoletto, Les Troyens, Die Fledermaus, L’amico Fritz, 
Manon Lescaut, The Cunning Little Vixen, Peter Grimes, Nixon in China 
and The Adventures of Pinocchio.
28 January 2016
7.30pm
Béatrice et Bénédict

In French, surtitled in German
Luzerner Theater, Luzern, Switzerland
Chor des Luzerner Theaters
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
conductor: Boris Schäfer
director: Béatrice Lachaussée
chorus master: Mark Daver
set design: Werner Hutterli
costumes: Nele Ellegiers
lighting: Mariella von Vequel-Westernach
dramaturgy: Dr. Christian Kipper
Jutta Maria Böhnert: Béatrice
Utku Kuzuluk: Bénédict
Eunkyong Lim:Ursule
Carla Maffioletti: Héro
Todd Boyce: Claudio
Flurin Caduff: Don Pedro
Szymon Chojnacki: Somarone
28 January 2016
7.30pm
El carnaval romano [Le Carnaval romain] Teatro Colón, Bogotá, Colombia
Orquesta Sinfónica National de Colombia
[National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia (OSNC)]
conductor: Olivier Grangean
28 January, 2016
8.00pm
Symphonie fantastique Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Peter Oundjian
29 January 2016
6.30pm
Les Troyens (excerpts)









Royal Academy Opera Scenes
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, RADA Studios, The Studio Theatre, London, UK
Royal Academy Opera
conductor: Peter Robinson
director: Oliver Platt


Singers from Royal Academy Opera work with Design and Technical Theatre students
from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for the first time.
Excerpts from Don Giovanni, Rigoletto, Les Troyens, Die Fledermaus, L’amico Fritz, 
Manon Lescaut, The Cunning Little Vixen, Peter Grimes, Nixon in China 
and The Adventures of Pinocchio.
30 January, 2016
7.30pm
Symphonie fantastique Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Peter Oundjian
30 January 2016
7.30pm
“Romeo und Julia”

ballet performance

performed to Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette
Konzert Theater Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Berner Symphonieorchester
Chœur de Chambre de l’Université de Fribourg
conductor: Jesko Sirvend
choreography: Guy Weizman and Roni Haver
Dramaturgy: Rebecca Graitl, Honne Dohrmann, Dr. Christoph Gaiser
costume: Slavna Martinovic
Sophie Rennert (mezzo-soprano)
Andries Cloete (tenor)
Andreas Daum (baritone)
Dancers:
Nozomi Matsuoka, Kalin Morrow, Olive Lopez, Marieke Monquil,
Angela Demattè, Evan Schwarz, Norikazu Aoki , Yu-Min Yang,
Armando Disanto, Winston Ricardo Arnon, Milan Kampfer
Replacement dancers:
Magdalena Laudanska, Rebecca Journo, Ruud Sanders, Marcel Casablanca Martínez
30 January 2016
8.00pm
Overture Le Carnaval romain Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Oberlin Orchestra
conductor: Raphael Jiménez
31 January 2016
7.30pm
Béatrice et Bénédict

In French, surtitled in German
Luzerner Theater, Luzern, Switzerland
Chor des Luzerner Theaters
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
conductor: Boris Schäfer
director: Béatrice Lachaussée
chorus master: Mark Daver
set design: Werner Hutterli
costumes: Nele Ellegiers
lighting: Mariella von Vequel-Westernach
dramaturgy: Dr. Christian Kipper
Jutta Maria Böhnert: Béatrice
Utku Kuzuluk: Bénédict
Eunkyong Lim:Ursule
Carla Maffioletti: Héro
Todd Boyce: Claudio
Flurin Caduff: Don Pedro
Szymon Chojnacki: Somarone

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